Were Music Competitions Once Part Of The Olympic Games?

Ancient Greece’s Olympic Games were part of a large religious festival honoring the god, Zeus. They were hosted in the hilly environs of Olympia,...

Saint Eligius, By An Unknown 18th Century Artist

An unknown 18th-century artist created this painting of Saint Eligius, an altruistic artisan and bishop who lived during the time of the Merovingian Frankish...

The Life Of Emperor Bardanes Philippikos And His Blinding Birthday Surprise

In the 7th and early 8th centuries, Bardanes Philippikos (also commonly known as Philippicus Bardanes) was a prominent member of the ruling elite involved...

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Were Music Competitions Once Part Of The Olympic Games?

Ancient Greece’s Olympic Games were part of a large religious festival honoring the god, Zeus. They were hosted in the hilly environs of Olympia,...

The Athenian Catastrophe At Eretria

  In 411 BCE, the once-mighty Athens was in a dire state. Two years prior, Athens had lost tens of thousands of lives (including a...

Ji An And His Life Of Critiques

Ji An was an interesting government official of the 2nd century BCE, who served the Han emperors of China. He descended from a prominent...

General W. T. Sherman In Confederate South Carolina

General William Tecumseh Sherman drew a wide variety of opinions during his time in the American Civil War. From the perspective of the northern...

The Feud Between The Viking Thorbjorn Bitra And His Neighbor Gils Ship-Nose

According to Iceland’s Landnámabók (Book of Settlements), two figures named Gils Ship-Nose and Thorbjorn Bitra were among the first waves of settlers to move...

A Vestal, Painted By Carle van Loo (c. 1705 – 1765)

This painting, by the French artist Carle van Loo (c. 1705 – 1765), strives to re-create a member of the ancient Roman religious order...
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